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IRISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
A SINN FEIN MAJORITY.
LONDON, June 6. The Irish local government elections resulted in a sweeping victory for Sinn Fein, except in north east Ulster and the county of ladonderry, The great majority of Irish county and district councils are exclusively Sinn Fein. The position in Ulster is substantially as before, except that the unionist majority of one in Tyrone is converted into a interity of two.
"FRENCH ITEKS.
June 6.
The Malin states that the Spa conference is probably adjourned to July 5 or 8. M. Millerand and Mr. Lloyd George will meet at a French coast town before the end of June. The Petit Parision understands that M. Millerand has definitely instructed M. De Halgouet, the French economic representative in London, not to associate himself with any decision which might be interpreted as an indirect recognition of the Moscow government or in anywise compromise the security of French creditors interested in the geld seized by the Bolshevists from the Russian state bank Anglo-French agreement on this matter appears complete.
RAILWAY LEADER ON IRELAND.;
LONDON, June 6.
Mr. Thomas at a meeting of railwaymen at Battersea declared that sone could accuse him of want of sympathy toward Ireland, yet he could never condone the present systematic murders. (cheers). Not even a Labour government could tolerate such a state of affairs. Ireland was on! the eve of a great disaster unless an understanding was achieved.
PRINCE IN AUSTRALIA.
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GERMAN ELECTIONS. ·
BERLIN, June 7.
The first provisional results of the elections show that in north Berlin the Majority Socialists polled 19,000, the Independent Socialists 36,000, the Centre 3,000, the People's Party 11,000, the National Party 10,000, and the Communists 1,000. At Halle the Majority Socialists polled 10,000, the In- dependents 34,000, and the Democrats 13,000. At Frankfort the Majority" Socialists had 21,000, and the Independents 13,000.
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THE POLISH OFFENSIVE,
Winsaw, June 6th
An official communiqué says the Poles are resuming the offchsive and have broken the enemy
between the forsified with ferro-concluding positions Drina and Borysaff. The Poles hare advanced thirty kilomees, driving back the Reds in the direction of Bialocerkieff, Ety miles south-west of Kiet.
The Ukrainishs have advanced along the
the Oladanka river. line
WARSAW, June sch. Arcommunique states that important operations are proceeding on the northern front where Narotch is the pirat of a vast movement with the object of flattering the salient and turning the enemy's left.
The Poles are advancing and have cap- a considerable booty. The Polish right is likewise, pressing the retreating enemy, baving completely defeated a Bot sherik Division, tapturing a brigade.
LONDON, Jane th
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A general Bolshevik offensive has begun. Between Fripet and the Dnieper Bal- sheviks advanced and Polish posts were driven is, but so far the Bolshevik success bas not been important North of Pripet the Red attacks were repaleed.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
CHICAGO, June 5th Chicago is filled to overflowing for the Republican Convention which opens on June. Sch.
Senator Lodge is temporary chairman. The Conreation meets at the Coliseum, the scene of the historic 1912 split.
Owing to the large number of indepen- dent delegates, the comparative chances of the many aspirants to the Presidency are undeterminable.
THE SPA CONFERENCE.
Rovs, June 5th. The Allies meet at Brussels prior to the Spa, Conference on June: Pist. Japan is not partaking in the Conversations.
Coust Sforza, Under-Secretary for For- eign Affairs, is learing for Londen to into Mr. Lloyd George of the Italian attitude regarding the division of the German indemnity.
"THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Nazorrse. Inne 5th. The Prince of Wales attended the Fle ington race course and presented the Prince of Wales's Cup to the winseṛ of the race, Earlborn, which was an outsider.
COUNTY CRICKET
LONDON, June 4th. Lancashire beat Hampshire by 9 wickets. Essex beat Sussex by 218 runs.
TERRORISM IN HUNGARY,
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LONDON, June 8th The British Labour Delegation, despatch- ed to Hungary to investigate the allega- tions of the White Terror, has reported that terrorism exists in Hungary, and that the Government is not only anable to cpatrol it, but many of its acts art.80 | | rigorous as to comprise terror.
The delegation is unable to comprehend the statement of the British High Com missioner of February 21st, namely, that
"The Majority Socialists are likewise leading at Offenbach and Nurem while there are no doubt ill deeds there is
| nothing in the nature of a terror.
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Berlin, June 6. Elections all over Germany took place to-day, without disturbances.
ROBEING THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEM.
LONDON, belated. Copenhagen learns from Weimar that robbers broke in the prince's mausoleum and stole gold and silver wreaths from the tombs of Schiller and Goethe and of their protector, the Duke Karl Alexander.
BIDEFORD SCHOOLGIRLS HAVE ADVENTURE.
LONDON, June 6.. Fire broke out at two this morning in the Methodist boarding-school at Bideford, where 140 girls were.. They were all roused by the mistresses and paraded calmly in the smoke-filled dormitories. They were then march ed, in their nightdresses and bare-footed, across the gale-swept grounds. Some of them pluckily assisted the volunteer fireimen. The building, clothing. etc., was destroyed in half an hour. The damage is assessed at £40,000.
WHY COAL E DIAR.
LONDON, June 7.
Rt. Hon. W. Brace, presiding at a conference of the South Wales miners federation at Cardiff, said the miners had failed to convince the public or the workmen of other trades of their honest desire, while pressing nationalisation, to secure coal at reasonable prices for the people; hence the miners had no alternative but to withdraw cheap coal from the industries that were free to sell their own products exorbitantly,
A ̈BOLSHEVIK AMBASSADOR”.
LONDON, June 7.
TO PREVENT DUMPING.
WASHINGTON, June 5th.
The House of Representatives has pass ed a Bill to prevent dumping in the United States of foreign-buiit aeroplanes,
END OF WAR LAWS.
WASHINGTON. June bib. The Senate, without a division, has adopted the House of Representatives resolution repealing all war-time legisla- Lioni
WASHINGTON, June 4th. The House of Representatives has adopt- ee and sent to the Senate resolutions re- pealing all war-time laws, except food control and trading with the enemy..
THE OAKS,
LONDON, June 8th: The time in the Oaks was Piin. 38 1-sec.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.“
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